Tire carrier



May 17, 1927. T. H, LYNN Filed Apr-il 11. 1922 Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS I-I. LYNN, OF WILLIAMSPOR'I, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIRE CARRIER.

Appncanon sied April 11, 1922. semi 110,551,509.

This invention relates to improven'ients in tire carriers and more particularly to means for supporting the carrier and attaching it to an antomobile,one object of thc invention being to provide simple and efficient means for securely and efifcctually connectm ing a tire car ier with a fixed part of a car at o-ne side of the latter.

A further object'is to provide means for attaching a tire carrier to a car, which shall be operable to firmly hold the carrier and minimize the effect of vibration on both the carrier and its attaching means during thcV travel of the car. y

lilith theseand other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view showing an embodi-v the running-board l of anr automobile and on this running-board standards 2-2 are located. Each of thesestandards may be constructed of angle iron and to the lower end portion of the same. the 11p-standing member 3 of an anchor plate 4 is securely riveted. The anchor plate 4 for each standard is made of such width and is so located on the running-board 1 that it will project: forwardly from the standard and resist any tendency of the standards and the tire carrier attached thereto to tip forwardly, when said anchors are secured to the running board by mea-ns of fastening devices indi.- cated at If desired one of the lanchor plates may be provided with elongated slots 6 for the passage of said fastening devices for adjusting purposes. f j

Instead of causing the horizontal portions of the anchor plates to projectv outwardly from their vertical portions and from ther standards 2,V said horizontal portions of the anchor plates may be made to project inwardly as shown in Figure 4;

In the drawings, a tire carrier 7 of the segmental hoopA type is shown and to the i Youtwardly projecting flanges of the respec-v tive standards plates or velongated arms 8 are rigidly secured near the upper ends of said standards. The outwardly or for? wardly projecting portions of said plates or arms arebent to conform to the curvature of the side portions of the. carrier,-to which side portions. the plates or arms 8 are securely riveted so that the tire carrier will lie disposed over the forwardly projecting portions of the anchor plates and be rigidly mounteil upon the running-board in such manner as to resist th transmission of viln'ation`r incident to the running of the car,

tothe tire carrier and the tire which may be n'ionnted thereon.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3. wherein the tire carrier is con nccted with the side 9 of a car body, preferably just above the running-board, two vertically disposed angle irons or bars 1() are securely riveted or bolted to a panel of the car body and suitably spaced apart for Vthe accommodation of carrier connecting 1n the present instance the carrier means. connecting means may consist of two plates lit, each having a flangel secured to a member of one of the vertical angle bars 10. The outwardly or forwardly projecting port-ions of theconnecting plates 11: are

curved somewhat to conform to the contour Y of side portions ofthe carrier 7 and are securely riveted tov the latter.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

A tire carrier comprising a segmental band. spaced standards each having av web extending parallel with the plane of the band and a web extending outwardly at a right angle to the first-mentioned web, plates secured to and projecting Aoutwardly from the outwardly projecting webs of the standards adjacent the upper ends thereof, and rigidly secured to the band, and anchors each consisting of a vertical' branch rigidly lsecured to the outwardly projecting web of a standard at the lower end of the standard and a horizontal member extending laterally from the lower end of the vertical branch to be secured to the 'running board of a vehicle. .Y In testimonywhereof, I have signed this specication.

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